Semi driver killed in crash on I-94

April 27, 2013

MICHIGAN CITY -- A semi-truck driver from Illinois was killed early Thursday morning in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 94, according to an Indiana State Police report.

The report said Steven Lunn, 52, of Olympia Fields, Ill., was pronounced dead at the scene after a collision that involved two semis and a 2006 Audi station wagon. It occurred shortly after 2 a.m. CDT near the 43-mile marker.

The other semi driver, George A. Leeth Sr., 37, of Hammond, was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital in Michigan City with injuries not believed to be life threatening.

The driver of the station wagon, Howard B. Gutenstein, 47, of Valparaiso, was not injured but is accused of operating while intoxicated causing death, a Class C felony, and endangering, a Class A misdemeanor. He was lodged in the LaPorte County Jail.